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The winner of the <a href="http://www.passiv.de/archpreis/index.html">2010 Passivhaus Architecture Award</a> is a fantastic three-apartment building on the outskirts of Bern, Switzerland. Built by architect Peter Schurch, principle of <a href="http://www.halle58.ch/index.html">Halle 52</a>, the building breaks the mold for passive house design by incorporating a lot of glass -- over 50% of the facade -- yet it still achieves a strict 13kWr per sq meter of energy consumption a year. Natural and local materials, plenty of daylight and a unique footprint made the award a shoe in -- the building even cost less to build than the other homes in the neighborhood, yet it has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-value_%28insulation%29">r-52 walls</a> and a solar-electric <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-roof/">green roof</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/stylish-super-efficient-swiss-home-wins-the-2010-passivhaus-award/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The winner of the <a href="http://www.passiv.de/archpreis/index.html">2010 Passivhaus Architecture Award</a> is a fantastic three-apartment building on the outskirts of Bern, Switzerland. Built by architect Peter Schurch, principle of <a href="http://www.halle58.ch/index.html">Halle 52</a>, the building breaks the mold for passive house design by incorporating a lot of glass -- over 50% of the facade -- yet it still achieves a strict 13kWr per sq meter of energy consumption a year. Natural and local materials, plenty of daylight and a unique footprint made the award a shoe in -- the building even cost less to build than the other homes in the neighborhood, yet it has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-value_%28insulation%29">r-52 walls</a> and a solar-electric <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-roof/">green roof</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/stylish-super-efficient-swiss-home-wins-the-2010-passivhaus-award/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The winner of the <a href="http://www.passiv.de/archpreis/index.html">2010 Passivhaus Architecture Award</a> is a fantastic three-apartment building on the outskirts of Bern, Switzerland. Built by architect Peter Schurch, principle of <a href="http://www.halle58.ch/index.html">Halle 52</a>, the building breaks the mold for passive house design by incorporating a lot of glass -- over 50% of the facade -- yet it still achieves a strict 13kWr per sq meter of energy consumption a year. Natural and local materials, plenty of daylight and a unique footprint made the award a shoe in -- the building even cost less to build than the other homes in the neighborhood, yet it has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-value_%28insulation%29">r-52 walls</a> and a solar-electric <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-roof/">green roof</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/stylish-super-efficient-swiss-home-wins-the-2010-passivhaus-award/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The winner of the <a href="http://www.passiv.de/archpreis/index.html">2010 Passivhaus Architecture Award</a> is a fantastic three-apartment building on the outskirts of Bern, Switzerland. Built by architect Peter Schurch, principle of <a href="http://www.halle58.ch/index.html">Halle 52</a>, the building breaks the mold for passive house design by incorporating a lot of glass -- over 50% of the facade -- yet it still achieves a strict 13kWr per sq meter of energy consumption a year. Natural and local materials, plenty of daylight and a unique footprint made the award a shoe in -- the building even cost less to build than the other homes in the neighborhood, yet it has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-value_%28insulation%29">r-52 walls</a> and a solar-electric <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-roof/">green roof</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/stylish-super-efficient-swiss-home-wins-the-2010-passivhaus-award/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The winner of the <a href="http://www.passiv.de/archpreis/index.html">2010 Passivhaus Architecture Award</a> is a fantastic three-apartment building on the outskirts of Bern, Switzerland. Built by architect Peter Schurch, principle of <a href="http://www.halle58.ch/index.html">Halle 52</a>, the building breaks the mold for passive house design by incorporating a lot of glass -- over 50% of the facade -- yet it still achieves a strict 13kWr per sq meter of energy consumption a year. Natural and local materials, plenty of daylight and a unique footprint made the award a shoe in -- the building even cost less to build than the other homes in the neighborhood, yet it has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-value_%28insulation%29">r-52 walls</a> and a solar-electric <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-roof/">green roof</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/stylish-super-efficient-swiss-home-wins-the-2010-passivhaus-award/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The winner of the <a href="http://www.passiv.de/archpreis/index.html">2010 Passivhaus Architecture Award</a> is a fantastic three-apartment building on the outskirts of Bern, Switzerland. Built by architect Peter Schurch, principle of <a href="http://www.halle58.ch/index.html">Halle 52</a>, the building breaks the mold for passive house design by incorporating a lot of glass -- over 50% of the facade -- yet it still achieves a strict 13kWr per sq meter of energy consumption a year. Natural and local materials, plenty of daylight and a unique footprint made the award a shoe in -- the building even cost less to build than the other homes in the neighborhood, yet it has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-value_%28insulation%29">r-52 walls</a> and a solar-electric <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-roof/">green roof</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/stylish-super-efficient-swiss-home-wins-the-2010-passivhaus-award/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The winner of the <a href="http://www.passiv.de/archpreis/index.html">2010 Passivhaus Architecture Award</a> is a fantastic three-apartment building on the outskirts of Bern, Switzerland. Built by architect Peter Schurch, principle of <a href="http://www.halle58.ch/index.html">Halle 52</a>, the building breaks the mold for passive house design by incorporating a lot of glass -- over 50% of the facade -- yet it still achieves a strict 13kWr per sq meter of energy consumption a year. Natural and local materials, plenty of daylight and a unique footprint made the award a shoe in -- the building even cost less to build than the other homes in the neighborhood, yet it has <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-value_%28insulation%29">r-52 walls</a> and a solar-electric <a href="http://inhabitat.com/green-roof/">green roof</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/stylish-super-efficient-swiss-home-wins-the-2010-passivhaus-award/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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The winner of the 2010 Passivhaus Architecture Award is a fantastic three-apartment building on the outskirts of Bern, Switzerland. Built by architect Peter Schurch, principle of Halle 52, the building breaks the mold for passive house design by incorporating a lot of glass -- over 50% of the facade -- yet it still achieves a strict 13kWr per sq meter of energy consumption a year. Natural and local materials, plenty of daylight and a unique footprint made the award a shoe in -- the building even cost less to build than the other homes in the neighborhood, yet it has r-52 walls and a solar-electric green roof....